F1: The King of Spa, Best of Kimi Raikkonen in the Belgian Grand Prix

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#2 First Spa Day, 2004 Belgian GP

Kimi Raikkonen
Kimi Raikkonen celebrating after his first win at Spa

Kimi Raikkonen's chance of getting his second Grand Prix win was very less when he qualified for the race at 10th place. As it was the lottery of the one-by-one qualifying system used at the time it was pure luck as to who got the better conditions. McLarens who were yet to get a win that season prior to this race never knew about the rising of the 'King of Spa' would be that race.

Kimi had his fortunes from the start of the race, the traffic jam at first corner got him hit at the right sidepod by Felippe Massa who was back then with Sauber. However, Kimi emerged from the bump unscathed and also finished the first lap at 5th place. At the 10th lap of the race, Trulli went in for the pit stop and when Kimi was about to gain the second spot, Alonso spun off the track giving away the lead to Kimi. From there on it was a faultless race from the iceman despite the Safety car interruptions throughout the race.

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Edited by Shahid Salman